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NSF grant supports development of robotic frost protection in orchards
Credit: Courtesy of Joseph Sommer A system that helps tree-fruit growers avoid frost damage to their crops by using unmanned...
Speciation: Birds of a feather…
Carrion crows and hooded crows are almost indistinguishable genetically, and hybrid offspring are fertile. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich biologists now...
New tool maps a key food source for grizzly bears: huckleberries
Credit: Shane White Grizzly bears depend on huckleberries as a critical food source to fatten up before winter hibernation. When...
Penn Nursing study links nurse work environments and outcomes
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (March 26, 2019) - Nurses play critical roles in patient safety and are often the last...
Untangling the brain’s life-support network
A USC Dornsife-led study of the hypothalamus reveals the network architecture of an ancient but critical part of the brain.Credit:...
University of Cincinnati provides road map to combat human trafficking in Ohio
Research led by UC criminal justice professor identifies more than 1,000 victims of human trafficking in the state of Ohio...
Facebook is free, but should it count toward GDP anyway?
Study measures how much free online goods are worth to consumers For several decades, gross domestic product (GDP), a sum...
C. elegans roundworms ‘harvest’ an essential coenzyme from the bacteria they consume
Mass. General study may lead to better treatment of rare but devastating human genetic disorder A study conducted in C....
Using connectomics to understand epilepsy
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 26, 2019--Abnormalities in structural brain networks and how brain regions...
Advanced paternal age increases risk of early-onset schizophrenia in offspring
The effect of advanced paternal age on offspring risk is not explained by parental predisposition for schizophrenia, according to a...
Researchers unlock the biomechanics of how the Ebola virus attaches to its host cell
Lehigh University engineers, working with microbiologists at the University of Iowa, have developed a simple model for virus-host cell interaction...
Bacteria could become a future source of electricity
In recent years, researchers have tried to capture the electrical current that bacteria generate through their own metabolism. So far,...
Technique uses well-known dye to watch amyloid plaques in the brain
Researchers have demonstrated a way to use Thioflavin T, a dye used to study amyloid for nearly a century, as...
Stranded dolphins have amyloid plaques in their brains
Dolphins stranded on the beaches of Florida and Massachusetts show in their brains amyloid plaques, a hallmark in human beings...
Satellite finds Tropical Cyclone Veronica’s stripped center along Australia coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Early on March 26, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to...
Pediatric health researchers offer insights for RSV vaccine
Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer In healthy adults, RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, feels like the common cold with a...
UB chemist and materials scientist lands $675,000 NSF CAREER award
Timothy Cook will design self-assembling molecules and work with K-12 science teachers to create 3D-printed magnetic structures that self-assemble in...
Early valve replacement versus watchful waiting in patients with severe aortic stenosis
Research shows greater survival benefit for patients treated within a year of diagnosisCredit: Elsevier, Annals of Thoracic Surgery Chicago, March...
Smartphone test spots poisoned water risk to millions of lives
Credit: Marie-Anne Robertson A smartphone device could help millions of people avoid drinking water contaminated by arsenic. Researchers have developed...
Smart wristband developed by Lithuanian researchers can alert about dangerous health conditions
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania researchers are developing a smart wrist-worn device for monitoring of atrial fibrillation - a...
